Rye — Area harvested in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Rye — Area harvested was 276,230 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rye — Area harvested in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rye — area harvested in Northern Europe stood at 276,230 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.1% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — area harvested in Northern Europe peaked at 636,720 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 131,664 ha, in 1982.
Northern Europe ranks 8th of 23 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rye — Area harvested in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 355,150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 335,847 ha | -5.4% |
| 1963 | 240,689 ha | -28.3% |
| 1964 | 246,786 ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 267,193 ha | +8.3% |
| 1966 | 183,072 ha | -31.5% |
| 1967 | 200,696 ha | +9.6% |
| 1968 | 185,518 ha | -7.6% |
| 1969 | 185,842 ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 196,001 ha | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 198,798 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 217,154 ha | +9.2% |
| 1973 | 195,678 ha | -9.9% |
| 1974 | 234,946 ha | +20.1% |
| 1975 | 190,209 ha | -19.0% |
| 1976 | 270,887 ha | +42.4% |
| 1977 | 259,942 ha | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 213,647 ha | -17.8% |
| 1979 | 173,868 ha | -18.6% |
| 1980 | 183,616 ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 147,602 ha | -19.6% |
| 1982 | 131,664 ha | -10.8% |
| 1983 | 193,075 ha | +46.6% |
| 1984 | 235,723 ha | +22.1% |
| 1985 | 212,008 ha | -10.1% |
| 1986 | 193,939 ha | -8.5% |
| 1987 | 221,575 ha | +14.2% |
| 1988 | 147,700 ha | -33.3% |
| 1989 | 244,611 ha | +65.6% |
| 1990 | 269,972 ha | +10.4% |
| 1991 | 142,221 ha | -47.3% |
| 1992 | 499,242 ha | +251.0% |
| 1993 | 636,720 ha | +27.5% |
| 1994 | 434,414 ha | -31.8% |
| 1995 | 375,877 ha | -13.5% |
| 1996 | 393,175 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 404,798 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 463,527 ha | +14.5% |
| 1999 | 304,514 ha | -34.3% |
| 2000 | 357,724 ha | +17.5% |
| 2001 | 324,517 ha | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 243,781 ha | -24.9% |
| 2003 | 215,993 ha | -11.4% |
| 2004 | 205,067 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 173,563 ha | -15.4% |
| 2006 | 186,994 ha | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 244,689 ha | +30.9% |
| 2008 | 248,029 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 266,218 ha | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 209,362 ha | -21.4% |
| 2011 | 203,481 ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 224,071 ha | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 222,909 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 258,579 ha | +16.0% |
| 2015 | 299,539 ha | +15.8% |
| 2016 | 253,567 ha | -15.3% |
| 2017 | 277,503 ha | +9.4% |
| 2018 | 217,411 ha | -21.7% |
| 2019 | 371,214 ha | +70.7% |
| 2020 | 300,171 ha | -19.1% |
| 2021 | 279,570 ha | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 286,527 ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 291,114 ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 276,230 ha | -5.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rye — Area harvested in Northern Europe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +251.0% | 142,221 ha | 499,242 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 244,533 ha | 183,072 ha | 355,150 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 215,113 ha | 173,868 ha | 270,887 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 191,151 ha | 131,664 ha | 244,611 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 392,446 ha | 142,221 ha | 636,720 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 246,658 ha | 173,563 ha | 357,724 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 253,764 ha | 203,481 ha | 371,214 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 286,722 ha | 276,230 ha | 300,171 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
- 5 Belarus 340,000 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 491 ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 355 ha compare
- 6 China 166,529 ha compare
- 6 China, mainland 166,529 ha compare
- 8 Argentina 118,002 ha compare
- 9 Canada 117,000 ha compare
- 10 Denmark 112,000 ha compare
- 11 Spain 97,260 ha compare
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- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual -0.7495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -7.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -7.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.49 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rye — area harvested in Northern Europe?
- Rye — area harvested in Northern Europe was 276,230 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 636,720 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest rye — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 131,664 ha in 1982.
- How does Northern Europe rank for rye — area harvested?
- Northern Europe ranks 8th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rye — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rye — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.